11.   Japanese bond futures contracts traded in London were little changed.

12.   Its sour crude oil and Gulf Coast gasoline contracts never traded because their sweet crude and New York Harbor gasoline cousins are more popular.

13.   Japanese government bond futures contracts traded in London were little changed.

14.   Moreover, the ratio of futures contracts traded on the Milan exchange to shares on the underlying market outstrips that of other European exchanges.

15.   One options contract traded before this week.

16.   One options contract had traded before this week.

17.   Some wheat futures contracts are trading at their highest levels in seven months.

18.   That meant that for the next half hour, no contracts could trade below that level.

19.   That suggests unusually heavy selling, because futures contracts usually trade at a premium to the product they are based on.

20.   The August crude oil future contract traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange closed yesterday almost exactly where it was at the start of this month.